Improvement in hats



y @uiten Atetes @anni @frn l DANI-EL It'. ALBRIGIIT, 0E PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, AND LEO H.

DE LANGE, QF BORDENTWN, NEW JERSEY.

Leiters Patent lVo. 70,493, dateddlovmbcr 5, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN HATS.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Bc it known that we, DANIEL K. ALBRIGHT, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and LEO II. DE LANGE, of Dordcntown, New Jersey, have invented certa-in Improvements in' Hats; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the saule, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

Our invention relates to improvements in the ventilated hat for which Letters Patent were granted to us on the 13th day of June, A. D. 1865, and consists of a. band connected to the body and brim of a hat, and arranged in respect to the-same, substantially as described hereafter, so that a space may be formed at th'e junction of the body and brim, into which air can pass through holes in the latter, and from which the air can pass into the body ofthe hat through holes in the same, thereby insuring its thorough ventilation.

Our 4invention further consists in so arranging the holes in the brim that the body of the hat will yield and accommodate itself to the conformation of the wearers head. l

In order to enable others skilled in the art to make our invention, we will now proceed to describe the method of constructing the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, which forms a part of this specification, and in which- Figure l. is a vertical section of our improved hat,

Figure 2 an inverted plan view of the same, and

Figure 3 a vertical section of part of the hat drawn to an enlarged scale.

A represents the body, and B the brim of the hat. D is a band, made of stiffencd fabric, leather, vulcanized gum-elastic, or any material which is iiexible enough to be bent round the hat, and stiff enough to maintain itself, without yielding, in lthe inclined position shown in fig. 8. The upper edge of this band is secured by stitching, or otherwise, to the body of the hat at a, and to the rim at b,- so that there is an angular space, E, extending entirely round the hat, and bounded by the body, the brim, and the said band.` Holes d are made in the body at any desired points, and the brim is pierced with holes c, at suitable intervals, so that the air can' pass from below the brim through the holes e into the chamber E, and through the holes D into the body of the hat, thus insuring a thorough ventilation of the same. In the present instance the holes e are made at four pbints, one on each side, and one at each end of the hat, as shown in iig. 2, but holes may be distributed in any manner, and atsuch intervals as may be considered most appropriate by the manufacturer.

Independent'of the thorough ventilation of the hat effected by my improvement, the latter aiords another advantage of almost equal importance, that is, the yielding of the hat to accommodate itself tothe protuberances and inequalities ofthe wearer-s head. i

Wherever the holes e occur in the brim, the adjacent portion of the body of the hat must be at liberty to yield, and theseyielding points may be arranged as best suited to the conformation of the wearers head.

'lhe band D, while it accomplishes the purpose of enclosing a space, E, does not detract from the symmetrical appearance of the hat, but, taking the .place of the ordinary band, presents a suitable finish at the junction ofthe body with the brim. j

If desiredthe band may be pierced with small holes.

In ourv former patent an air space was formed round the hat, by shaping or blocking the body at its junction with the rim, in such a manner as to protrude and form a chamber for the admission of air from belowa process which demanded tedious manipulation and costly appliances.

l In carrying out our present improvement ,any ordinary hat may be used, allthat is necessary being the application of the inclined band D, and the making of the holes in the body and brim.

Without confining ourselves to any particular material of which to make the band, or to any specific mode of securing the same, we claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- I 1. The band D, connected to the body and brim of a hat, and arranged in respect to the same substantially/ as and for the purpose herein set forth.

2. The'holes e in the brim,'and the holes Z in the body of the hat, in combination with and arranged in respect to the band D, as described.'

h In testimony whereof We have signed our names to this snecification in the presence of two subscribing witn esses.

DANL K. ALBRIGHT,

LEO H. DE LANGE. 'Witnessesz` IoHN WHITE,

W. J. R,--DELANY. 

